Editing MVRDV (section)

==History==
Maas and Van Rijs worked at [[Office for Metropolitan Architecture|OMA]], De Vries at [[Mecanoo]] before starting MVRDV.<ref>[https://www.theplan.it/magazine/2006/the-plan-013-03-2006-/intervista-a-winy-maas-mvrdv Orlandoni, Alessandra: "Interview with Winy Maas"] – The Plan 013, March 2006, retrieved 4 September 2010</ref>

The trio studied architecture together at the [[Delft University of Technology]], [[Netherlands]] and won the "[[Europan]] 2" competition with their project "Berlinvoids" in 1991 before founding MVRDV two years later.<ref name="aut.cc">{{Cite web|title=Architecture Speaks: The Language of MVRDV — aut. architektur und tirol|url=https://aut.cc/ausstellungen/the-language-of-mvrdv|access-date=2021-05-21|website=aut.cc|date=6 July 2019 |language=de}}</ref> The situation for starting a new office in the Netherlands was favourable – government support for young architects means all three received a grant to help start their architectural practice.<ref name=":1" />

It took some time for the company to get going, working without a fixed office until the firm's first major commission arrived.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frey |first=Darcy |date=2008-06-08 |title=Crowded House |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/magazine/08mvrdv-t.html |access-date=2023-09-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This was the new offices for the public broadcasting corporation [[VPRO]] in Hilversum, the Netherlands (1993–1997). Other early built works include the Wozoco housing in Amsterdam (1994–1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/170/wozoco|title=MVRDV – WoZoCo|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> and the Dutch Pavilion at the [[Expo 2000|Hannover World Exhibition Expo 2000]] (1997–2000).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mvrdv.nl/projects/158/expo-2000|title=MVRDV – Expo 2000|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref> These were followed by a business park 'Flight Forum' in [[Eindhoven]], [[Gemini Residence]] silo conversion in Copenhagen, the Silodam Housing complex in Amsterdam, the Matsudai Cultural Centre in Japan, Unterföhring office campus near Munich, the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam, an urban plan and housing in The Hague Ypenburg, the rooftop – housing extension Didden Village in Rotterdam, the cultural Centre [[Effenaar|De Effenaar]] in Eindhoven, the boutique shopping building Gyre in Tokyo, part of Veldhoven's Maxima Medical Centre, and the iconic Mirador housing estate in Madrid. 

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Recently completed projects include a public library in [[Spijkenisse]], the Netherlands, a shopping center in [[Schijndel]], the Netherlands, a bank headquarters in [[Oslo]], Norway, and most recently a public market hall, combining housing and shopping within the shape of a monumental arch, in [[Rotterdam]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

Current projects in progress or on site include various housing projects in the Netherlands, China, France, India, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, a sustainable office building in Paris, a central business district in [[Shanghai]], an office tower in [[Poznań]], a museum of rock music and a community cultural centre in [[Roskilde]] and [[Frederiksberg]] respectively, large scale urban masterplans in [[Oslo]], [[Bordeaux]] and [[Caen]], an entire new eco-city in [[Logrono]], Spain, a structural development vision for Dutch New Town [[Almere]], the masterplan for the [[Floriade (Netherlands)]] Horticultural Expo 2022, also in Almere, and a research masterplan into the future of greater Paris which was commissioned by French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/mar/13/architects-reveal-grand-paris-redesign Agnès Poirier: ''Architects reveal plans to redesign Paris''], in [[The Guardian]], 13 March 2009, retrieved 4 September 2010</ref> and the mayor of [[Paris]] [[Bertrand Delanoë]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

MVRDV also maintains a research-oriented project called "The Why Factory",<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-11-30|title=The Why Factory by MVRDV and Richard Hutten|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/30/the-why-factory-by-mvrdv-and-richard-hutten|access-date=2024-11-19|website=[[Dezeen]]|language=en}}</ref> which the company describes as an "independent think-tank and research institute". It is run together with the [[Delft University of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enable cities and landscapes to develop towards a better future|url=https://www.mvrdv.nl/about|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.mvrdv.nl|language=en}}</ref>